Dejan Lazić
Dejan Lazić is a Croatian pianist, conductor, and composer admired for his fresh interpretations of piano repertoire. He is also in high demand as a recording artist and appears on over 20 albums as an accompanist, soloist, and chamber music collaborator. He was born in Zagreb in 1977 to a musical family, and he spent his childhood in Salzburg. He attended the Mozarteum, where he studied composition, clarinet, and piano. He became inspired to compose after seeing Miloš Forman’s 1984 film Amadeus. In 1991, Lazić made his recording debut as both a clarinetist and a pianist, on the album Dejan Lazić & Zagreb Soloists play Mozart. It was also around this time when he began performing with his friends and frequent collaborators Benjamin Schmid, Zen Hu, Johannes Erkes, and Enrico Bronzi. After completing his education at the Mozarteum, Lazić began touring, and he appeared with many major ensembles such as the Chicago Symphony, the NHK Symphony, and the Netherlands Philharmonic. Other recordings from this period include Sharon Bezaly’s Israeli Connection and the solo piano albums Chopin Retrospection and Retrospection: W.A. Mozart, KV 1-574. In addition to his successes in the studio and concert hall, Lazić also revealed his talent as a composer in the 2000s. His Istrian Dance for two violins was featured on the album China Connection with Zen Hu and Ning Feng, and he recorded his piano concerto arrangement of Brahms’ Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 77 with both the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, he won the 2009 ECHO Klassik Award for the album Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18. Lazić’s oeuvre grew considerably in the 2010s, with works for piano, orchestra, and several cadenzas for piano concertos by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. He also recorded albums of concertos and solo piano repertoire on the Channel Classics, Sony Classical, and Onyx Classics labels. His collaboration with Schmid, Hu, Erkes, and Bronzi on the 2020 album Mozart: Piano Quartets in G minor K478 & E flat major K493; Rondo Concertante K333 earned the OPUS Klassik award in 2021. Later that year, he was artist in residence for the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, and in 2022 he premiered his Kaleidoscope at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival with Sol Gabetta, Andreas Ottensamer, and Zen Hu. His 2023 releases include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 14; Rondo Concertante (arr. Lazic), and Istrian Rhapsody, which features premiere recordings of Lazić’s original compositions.
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Istrian Rhapsody
Ivan Repušić, Dejan Lazić, Munich Radio Orchestra
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 19 May 2023
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 14
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dejan Lazić, Jan Willem de Vriend
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 1 Sep 2023
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Brahms: Sonatas Op. 38, Op. 78 & Op. 120 No. 1
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 8 May 2007
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 & Moments Musicaux, Op. 16
Dejan Lazić, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Petrenko
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 9 Dec 2008
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 Op. 58, Piano Sonatas Nos. 14 "Moonlight" & 31
Dejan Lazić, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 8 Feb 2011
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Beethoven: Complete Sonatas and Variations, Volume 2
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 1 Jan 2005
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Beethoven: Complete Sonatas and Variations, Volume 1
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 13 Sep 2005
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Major after Violin Concerto, Op. 77 (Arr. Lazić)
Dejan Lazić, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 15 Mar 2010
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Liaisons, Vol. 1: Piano Works by Scarlatti & Bartók
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 1 Jan 2007
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Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 / Piano Quartet No. 2
Chamber Music - Released by PM Classics Ltd. on 25 Sep 2020
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Life, Love & Afterlife'. A Liszt recital
Classical - Released by Onyx Classics on 21 Apr 2017
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Liaisons, Vol. 3: Piano Works by C. P. E. Bach & Britten
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 8 Nov 2011
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The London Connection: Beethoven, Clementi & Cramer
Classical - Released by Onyx Classics on 18 May 2018
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Schubert: Sonata in B-Flat Major, D. 960 & Moments musicaux, D. 780
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 1 Jan 2005
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Ravel: Retrospection. Piano Works 1899-1917
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 1 Jan 2002
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Haydn: English Sonatas - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 1 Jan 1997
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Liaisons, Vol. 2: Piano Works by Schumann & Brahms
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 14 Jul 2009
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Chopin: Waltzes, Preludes & Mazurkas (Cello Waltzes, Vol. 1)
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 1 Jan 2000
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Ravel: Kaddisch / Schulhoff: Flute Sonata / Braun: Apartment To Let
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 31 Aug 1998
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Sviraju Mozarta
Dejan Lazić, Zagrebački Solisti
Classical - Released by Croatia Records on 21 Mar 2016
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Chopin: Retrospection
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 1 Jan 2000
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